Emerald’s returned, meanwhile Tim Smith is threatening to. Emerald and Tom learn about the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) - and wonder why the government is going to make less from it than student loan indexation. Speaking of, that’s the second topic! How much did the HECS-HELP indexation cost Emerald? The PM got a free education, why can’t you? Finally, a call to action. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to support...
Jun 03, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Live from Brisbane, it’s one year to the day since the 2022 election! Tom is joined by (this week’s Patreon bonus episode guest) Geraldine Hickey and Max Chandler-Mather, the member for Griffith and Greens housing spokesperson, for an insider chat about the first year of the Albanese government. Then they jump into a deep dive on the HAFF housing bill and future fund. Why is it bad? Why won’t the government negotiate? Why do they HATE Max so much? And what was written on that piece of paper Albo...
May 27, 2023•56 min
In this bonus ep for Patreon subscribers, it’s the first half of our sold-out live show in Brisbane, on the first anniversary of the 2022 election and the Greenslide! Tom is joined by Aussie comedy hero Geraldine Hickey to chat election night memories, coming out as Green to her father, and the passing of Barry Humphries and the ugly rise of anti-trans rhetoric in Australia. The second-half with Max Chandler-Mather is coming soon in the main feed, but this hilarious chat with Geraldine is a Patr...
May 25, 2023•3 min
The hip hop treasurer. Tom is joined by guest host from Wankernomics and The Chaser, Charles Firth, to react to the reaction to the budget. What does Charles think of the Greens? After a decade of the LNP, is mediocre the new good? Did anyone watch Peter Dutton’s budget reply? Then, a year to the day since the election, how has the last year gone and how can we get more Greenslides? Finally, a call to action. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDanger...
May 20, 2023•1 hr 14 min
The peasants have no bread. Tom is joined by guest host, Victorian Senator Janet Rice, to discuss the ‘No One Left Behind’ budget. Will it help with the cost of living? What good is $2.85 per day? Will this cause inflation? Why are there more gains coming from student debt indexation than from gas tax? Is Max-Chandler Mather a sell-out? Is Penny Wong the most politician-y politician in the country? Oh and, did anyone get left behind? Full video version of this episode available on https://www.yo...
May 13, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom, together finally in the same room, answer listener questions. What radicalised them? Why do the media hate the Greens? Can Greens win government? What does Tom think about Triple J? How do we maintain hope as the world gets shittier? What is the cringiest moment in Australian politics? And have you seen any good leftie movies lately? Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Mi...
May 10, 2023•6 min
A quick catch up on the government’s week of pre-budget LNP cosplay. Emerald and Tom answer listener questions on topics like dealing with Labor supporters, engaging young people and fave music (4:20). Then we’re playing an extended clip from our recent Patreon episode with Georgia Hinds talking about AI and killer robots (28:34). It’s Emerald’s sister! Finally, a call to action (43:27). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreo...
May 06, 2023•47 min
Omg Tom and Emerald are in the same room, live, in real life! Emerald and Tom catch up on the state of the housing bill and another big Adam Bandt National Press Club speech (4:44). Then they talk about the push to raise the age for both parenting payments and child incarceration (35:02). Finally, a call to action (58:41). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with...
Apr 29, 2023•1 hr 2 min
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, EMERALD’S BIG SISTER Georgia Hinds, the Legal Adviser for new technologies of warfare at the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins for a full episode to talk killer robots, aka autonomous weapons systems. What place does AI have in the future of warfare? Should an algorithm have the right to take human life? And most crucially, does she have any embarrassing Emerald stories from growing up? Check out the incriminating Emerald kid sovcit po...
Apr 26, 2023•5 min
Yes, it’s true, this man has no dick. Emerald and Tom are furious to discover that Labor says it will not raise the raise of support payments in the upcoming budget (6:58). Then they are joined by newly elected NSW Upper House member Dr Amanda Cohn to talk about her arrival in parliament and the state of GPs and medicine in Australia (30:45). Finally, a call to action (1:05:58). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to supp...
Apr 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Tasmanian senator tries to kill herself and others with tinfoil scheme. Emerald and Tom catch up on the progress of the Voice and the Liberal’s shit-stirring (7:40). Then they join with the ABC in celebrating the good news about child labour exploitation at a NSW jam factory, and take a look at the history of children working in this country (40:43). Finally, a call to action (1:03:52). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon...
Apr 15, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Tom and Emerald play Rusted On Bingo - the game for Labor Hacks who are terminally online - with the game’s creator himself, cartoonist Jon Kudelka. Can we get 4 squares in a row and avert 10 years of climate inaction?! No new episode this Easter weekend but please enjoy one of our favourite Patreon subscriber episodes. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep ...
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom go through the 2022 ANU Australian Election Study results looking back over the federal election. What can we learn from the Greenslide? Why do people hate the major parties? Which leaders do they like best? Pull up the stats, we’re going in! Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topic...
Apr 05, 2023•3 min
Jono says goodbye to Brisbane City Council in true Jono fashion. Emerald and Tom go through the fairly unremarkable results of the NSW election (6:09), before they are joined by former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik (25:58) to unpack the Greens-Labor safeguard deal. Is it bad? Yes. Should the Greens have agreed to it? Wellll……. Finally, a call to action (1:07:16). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to support the show ...
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Did you hear the one about the police officer being charged for stealing cookies from the cookie jar? A new IPCC climate report just came out, so Emerald and Tom unpack all the positive news about how the government is going to follow its directions to the letter (8:15). Gotcha! No they are doing the opposite lol. Next, there are transphobes and Nazis afoot in the country (31:57). Why have these two charming groups joined forces, and how do we get rid of them? Finally, a call to action (1:04:41)...
Mar 25, 2023•1 hr 8 min
As Bruce Lehrmann would say, “Got any gear?” In this bonus episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom chat to Dr Stephen Bright from Edith Cowan University about some big news. As of July 1, Aussie psychiatrists will be able to prescribe psilocybin (aka mushrooms) and MDMA for treatment-resistant depression! Why the change now? Will this actually increase access? Is this good science or sucking up to bad donors? And does it work? Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out a...
Mar 22, 2023•2 min
We all live in a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape. Emerald and Tom are joined by Izabella Antoniou, Greens candidate for Summer Hill, to chat next week’s NSW state election (10:05). They go through the state of the campaign, what the different parties are offering, what it’s like being a candidate, why doorknocking is good, and WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE GREENS ON SATURDAY MARCH 25TH!!! Finally, a call to...
Mar 18, 2023•59 min
Gaping holes threaten our national flag! Emerald and Tom go through this week’s Greens negotiations with the government about the safeguard policy and Reconstruction Fund, and ponder if this is an existential threat for the Labor party (8:24). Then Nick McKim, Senator for Tasmania, joins (32:25) to talk interest rates and the Reserve Bank’s follies, before moving on to his offshore detainee evacuation bill and the cowardice shown by government (49:25). Finally, a call to action (1:05:26). Full v...
Mar 11, 2023•1 hr 9 min
In a bonus episode for our wonderful Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom take a look at International Women’s Day. From its activist roots, has it been ruined by TERFs, pinkwashing and corporate exploitation? Has it gone from an important day of awareness, to cake in the meeting room at 2? Has it become Mother’s Day? And then, they discuss whether quotas are an identity politics distraction or a useful tool to address the issues women face. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out...
Mar 07, 2023•1 min
Australia’s first hip hop treasurer has a birthday buddy! Emerald and Tom take a gander at the superannuation changes the government has put forward (7:15). Are they simply an excuse to keep stage 3 tax cuts, and why was The Today Show briefly on the side of good? Then they get into Mardi Gras / World Pride (29:44), and ask whether it is still a meaningful event or just a way to sell toothpaste. And the whole Lidia Thorpe protest. Finally, a call to action (57:04). Correction - Sorry, we got act...
Mar 04, 2023•59 min
Why even bother holding the NSW election, the winner of all seats will clearly be the Liberal Democrats. Emerald and Tom start by celebrating some good news - a successful major four-day workweek trial from the UK (7:13)! After a quick recap of the state of play in the upcoming NSW state election (11:22), Emerald welcomes Greens NSW Upper-House candidate Lynda-June Coe to discuss her campaign and why she’ll be a kick-ass activist member. Finally, a call to action (48:21). Tom had big tech issues...
Feb 25, 2023•50 min
In a special woke bonus for all our woke Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack a recent Age article about whether the Greens are being overtaken by woke youths. Is that a fair assessment or are there rats in the ranks? What does woke even mean, what are the views of Greens members, and how does it differ across the states? Is there any cure for this woke mind virus!?! Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Ande...
Feb 22, 2023•1 min
Bill Shorten’s failure kink meets Valentine’s Day. Greens have done another CPRS! 13 more years of inaction! First they did a CPRS by saying science is real (11:51), then they did yet another CPRS by saying housing investment should be spent on housing (34:26). Finally for these LNP-loving, humanity-hating hypocrites, a call to action (56:23). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our b...
Feb 18, 2023•1 hr
Terri Butler, having defeated Max Chandler-Mather and Jordan Peterson, sets her sights on an easy target: child journalist Leo Puglisi. Lidia Thorpe quit the Greens (11:36)! Emerald and Tom unpack the news, and what it means for First Nations rights, Voice, the Senate, the Blak Greens, and for the Greens going forward. Then they go through some good news that’s worth celebrating (52:04), like a Federal enviro minister’s first coal mine rejection ever, and Alan Tudge, the worst dumbest loser in A...
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr
“The Greens can never form government.” But Max Chandler-Mather has detailed a plan to do it by 2040 - and last year’s election has them two seats ahead of schedule! In this bonus hour-long episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack the plan, ponder whether it is feasible or just crazy talk, and ask whether Greens even want to be a party of government. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson,...
Feb 08, 2023•2 min
Culture wars that melt in your mouth, not your hand. Emerald and Tom talk animal rights (7:51). What is the Greens view? Can you be progressive and eat meat? Should hunting be outlawed (34:07)? And what’s the deal with the Animal Justice Party (41:37)? Finally, a call to action (53:00) with the Royal Society of Podcasters who Can’t Acronym. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU New Patreon bonus episode now out - oh no are the greenies trying t...
Feb 04, 2023•56 min
Greens hate the flag and Barclay McGain is taking a stand. Emerald and Tom unpack the state of play around the Voice referendum and the intense reactions to Lidia Thorpe’s strident speech (5:37). Is the cause being harmed or are concern trollers concern trolling? Then, what is the deal with Voice and the Greens (38:19)? Finally, a call to action (1:08:37). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU New Patreon bonus episode now out - oh no are the g...
Jan 28, 2023•1 hr 10 min
In this bonus episode for subscribers, oh no are the greenies trying to take your lawn away too now!? Maybe? Emerald and Tom discuss the anti-lawn movement and how lawns are a colonial-era environmental menace in a warming world. Take back the golf courses! Our show runs on donations, so if you enjoy it each week, please check out our Patreon, for all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like Gree...
Jan 26, 2023•4 min
Emerald’s family VS Tom’s comedy. Emerald and Tom pay respects to a great Australian this week, a true hero of our great land, a titan, a butcher… former major general, former senator and former living human Jim Molan (4:53). Then podcaster and Indigenous activist Boe Spearim joins to chat invasion day, voice and the path forward for Australia (27:54). Finally, a call to action (50:38). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon...
Jan 21, 2023•54 min
A daring escape from the glue factory. Emerald is joined by guest host, the Greens state member for South Brisbane, Amy MacMahon! First the two chat the cost of food crisis (4:24), before getting into the 2032 Brisbane Olympics (28:16) and the problems it is causing her electorate and the people who live there. Finally, a call to action (1:07:44). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU New Patreon bonus ep - Emerald and Tom’s first ever live sho...
Jan 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min
